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Hi folks. Many of you know that there are a few #artists on #Diaspora* who brighten up our #timelines with their original work. One of them is @Katharsisdrill who produces #free #art (meaning that it is #freely #redistributable under a #CC #licence). I have just backed his #Kickstarter campaign which closes in about three weeks. If you like his work, have some spare cash and want to support a free #artist, then why not consider supporting those who produce work you enjoy? Or why not support those others that you like?

Hi folks. Many of you know that there are a few #artists on #Diaspora* who brighten up our #timelines with their original work. One of them is @Katharsisdrill who produces #free #art (meaning that it is #freely #redistributable under a #CC #licence). I have just backed his #Kickstarter campaign which closes in about three weeks. If you like his work, have some spare cash and want to support a free #artist, then why not consider supporting those who produce work you enjoy? Or why not support those others that you like?

Your name in diaspora* It occurred to me that most of the people who have come to diaspora* from G+ are using their real names. Some of you might not know that you don't have to use your real name in diaspora*. You can call yourself anything you want to. Indeed, you can be whoever you want in diaspora*. There's no need to reveal anything about yourself that you don't want to. If you want to be a witty gecko or a highly intelligent aspidistra, you can! Of course, if you want to 'be' yourself, and use your real name, that's fine too. But you're not restricted in that way. Have fun! #diaspora #gplus #gplusrefugee

Fediverse, how do I know what version my server runs?

Sometimes you're in a situation when you want to know which version of a software the instance you are using runs.For example, the software rolls out a cool new feature you read about somewhere. But of coarse it's only in the very newest version.Or you are on the search for a new instance and you want to check if it is somehow outdated or pretty modern.

So I decided to find out how you can find out what version the software is running.

There seem to be several ways to find the version. For example, if you are logged in and you have the standard view with "first steps" in the very right column it tells the version on the bottom of that column:

Or you try to access one of the "meta"-pages of your server like /explore or /about/more or /terms. On all these pages the version in noted in the footer at the bottom of the page:

Matrix

I have no idea, it probably depends on your client. Maybe someone has a hint for me

I couln't find a way to get the version on the web interface (tell me if you know) but with as post projects you can access the nodeinfoUsually it is located at https://your.pleroma.server/nodeinfo/2.0.json but if not, you can find out the correct URL under https://your.pleroma.server/.well-known/nodeinfo. If your browser cannot render the JSON proper you can paste the content into a json viewer and hit "viewer".Somewhere is a block "software" that contains the field "version" where you can find pleromas version. Don't confuse it with the "version"-statement for the document (for example 2.0 or 2.1 that is the nodeinfo-version, not the pleroma-version).

As of the wide usual customization of wordpress I couldn't find a way how most of the instances expose their version. Try to follow the nodeinfo -way I discribed at Pleroma because it seems some (many?) wordpress instances use it.

(once known as "write.as")Like some other projects the version of a write freely instance is pointed out at the bottom of almost every page:This article and all images are licensed as #cc-by so if you have more information about this or something is outdated: Feel free to take this text, modify and repost it as your own. Just don't forget to give me ( @Deus Figendi ) attribution.The projects I chose to explain here were those with the most nodes on the-federation.info (except ActivityRelay because it's not so relevant for users). And the order is alphabetically.

Fediverse, how do I know what version my server runs?

Sometimes you're in a situation when you want to know which version of a software the instance you are using runs.For example, the software rolls out a cool new feature you read about somewhere. But of coarse it's only in the very newest version.Or you are on the search for a new instance and you want to check if it is somehow outdated or pretty modern.

So I decided to find out how you can find out what version the software is running.

There seem to be several ways to find the version. For example, if you are logged in and you have the standard view with "first steps" in the very right column it tells the version on the bottom of that column:

Or you try to access one of the "meta"-pages of your server like /explore or /about/more or /terms. On all these pages the version in noted in the footer at the bottom of the page:

Matrix

I have no idea, it probably depends on your client. Maybe someone has a hint for me

I couln't find a way to get the version on the web interface (tell me if you know) but with as post projects you can access the nodeinfoUsually it is located at https://your.pleroma.server/nodeinfo/2.0.json but if not, you can find out the correct URL under https://your.pleroma.server/.well-known/nodeinfo. If your browser cannot render the JSON proper you can paste the content into a json viewer and hit "viewer".Somewhere is a block "software" that contains the field "version" where you can find pleromas version. Don't confuse it with the "version"-statement for the document (for example 2.0 or 2.1 that is the nodeinfo-version, not the pleroma-version).

As of the wide usual customization of wordpress I couldn't find a way how most of the instances expose their version. Try to follow the nodeinfo -way I discribed at Pleroma because it seems some (many?) wordpress instances use it.

(once known as "write.as")Like some other projects the version of a write freely instance is pointed out at the bottom of almost every page:This article and all images are licensed as #cc-by so if you have more information about this or something is outdated: Feel free to take this text, modify and repost it as your own. Just don't forget to give me ( @Deus Figendi ) attribution.The projects I chose to explain here were those with the most nodes on the-federation.info (except ActivityRelay because it's not so relevant for users). And the order is alphabetically.